Animal Farm Snowball Character Analysis

“I (Old Major) have little more to say. I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend. And remember also that in fighting against man, we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.” George Orwell, Animal Farm (11). Old Major, the oldest and wisest pig on the farm, described to the animals what life would look like without Man ruling their lives. Animal Farm was not supposed to look like another ordinary farm, but one that thrived and was peaceful without Man ruling over them. Snowball, one of the farm’s leaders at the beginning, would have been a far better leader then Napoleon, who was also a leader on the farm. He, Snowball, put the farm’s prosperity above all else because he wanted to see the life that Old Major described. His heart showed that he truly would have proven to be a better leader than Napoleon. Through planning and
The farm’s need for good strategies becomes evident later in the book when Man comes to destroy the windmill. Snowball shows his strategizing skills at the battle of Cowshed. “This had long been expected, and all preparations had been made. Snowball, who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar’s campaigns which he had found in the farmhouse, was in charge of the defensive operations. He gave his orders quickly, and in a couple of minutes every animal was at his post.” (40). This shows that he had long expected the humans to come and try to take Animal Farm back, but Snowball had a plan to counter that attack. Further, during the battle Napoleon went into hiding so that he would not get hurt. While Napoleon was hiding, Snowball used his tactics to save Animal farm. Thus Snowball shows his planning and strategizing skills would have helped the farm in the